MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., April 29, 2014 — Individual investors will learn how to make sense of Wall Street and take control of their financial future at the BetterInvesting National Convention, May 15-18 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare Hotel.

The BetterInvesting National Convention focuses on empowering Main Street investors to follow commonsense long-term strategies [...]

This stock screen was originally published in the October 1, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of September 28:

This stock screen was originally published in the September 24, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of September 14:

This stock screen was originally published in the August 27, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based onMorningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of August 27:

This stock screen was originally published in the July 30, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of July 30:

This stock screen was originally published in the July 16, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of July 16:

Fees and expenses play important roles in reducing an investor’s overall returns. But recent research from the Investment Company Institute and Morningstar Inc. show that investors are continuing to pay less on average for their funds.

The Investment Company Institute recently published its “Trends in the [...]

This stock screen was originally published in the June 18, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of June 18:

As the number of exchange-traded funds has exploded in recent years, more investors are turning to them for lower fees and niche exposure. Some analysts say that’s also because of underwhelming performance in many actively managed funds. According to recent data from Bloomberg, only four of Janus’ 20 biggest stock-oriented funds beat [...]

This stock screen was originally published in the June 11, 2012 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on Morningstar data for companies that met the following criteria as of June 11: